International Air Transport Association: The passenger flow of the global aviation industry is expected to reach a record in 2025. The largest lobbying group in the industry said in its annual forecast that the net profit of the global aviation industry will reach 36.6 billion US dollars in 2025, driven by the record number of 5.2 billion passengers. According to the International Air Transport Association, this expectation means an increase of 16% compared with the data in 2024. The profit margin of this industry will be 3.6%, higher than 3.3% in 2024. The industry organization said that falling oil prices and increasing demand will boost profitability, while the potential tariffs and trade wars of the incoming Trump administration may damage the prospects of the industry.Market news: the largest political group in the European Union is pushing to weaken the ban on internal combustion engines.General Administration of Customs: China's imports of iron ore, coal and natural gas increased in the first 11 months. According to customs statistics, in the first 11 months of 2024, China imported 1.124 billion tons of iron ore, up 4.3%, and the average import price (the same below) was 768 yuan per ton, down 3.9%; 506 million tons of crude oil, down by 1.9% to 4,208.8 yuan per ton, up by 0.3%; 490 million tons of coal, up 14.8%, 688.4 yuan per ton, down 12.5%; 120 million tons of natural gas, up by 12% to 3,506.2 yuan per ton, down by 5.8%; 97.09 million tons of soybeans, an increase of 9.4% and a decrease of 15.1% to 3,591.7 yuan per ton; Refined oil reached 44.94 million tons, up by 4.5%, reaching 4,322.9 yuan per ton, up by 4.5%. In addition, 26.333 million tons of plastics with primary shapes were imported, a decrease of 2.4% to 10,800 yuan per ton, a decrease of 0.1%; The unwrought copper and copper products reached 5.127 million tons, up by 1.7% and 67,700 yuan per ton, up by 11.1%.
The death toll from the collapse of a residential building in Cairo, Egypt, rose to eight. In the early morning of December 10, local time, an old five-story residential building collapsed in Abasia District, Cairo, Egypt. The local civil defense department has rushed to the scene to carry out search and rescue work. Up to now, the bodies of eight victims have been found and six others have been rescued. The procuratorate has been involved in the accident investigation. (CCTV News)Dahang Transition: The design scheme of the reusable rocket "Tiong-1" with "chopsticks clip" passed the pre-evaluation. On December 10th, according to the news of Dahang Transition, Dahang Transition recently organized a pre-evaluation meeting on the design scheme of Tiong-1 reusable liquid launch vehicle (code "YQ-1") in Beijing. The judging panel, composed of 11 well-known experts in the aerospace field, agreed that the design scheme of Transition-1 carrier rocket was reasonable and feasible, and agreed to pass the evaluation.Zhiyun shares: stock trading will be subject to other risk warnings. Zhiyun shares announced that the company received the "Notice of Administrative Punishment in advance" issued by Dalian Supervision Bureau of China Securities Regulatory Commission on December 10, 2024. According to Article 9.4 of the Listing Rules of Growth Enterprise Market of Shenzhen Stock Exchange, due to false records in the company's 2022 annual report, other risk warnings will be imposed on stock trading. The company's shares were suspended for one day from the market opening on December 11, 2024, and resumed trading on December 12, 2024. After the resumption of trading, the stock abbreviation will be changed to "ST Zhiyun", and the daily price limit is still 20%. The board of directors of the company will continue to urge the management to strengthen internal governance such as information disclosure, and apply to Shenzhen Stock Exchange for cancellation of other risk warnings in time after twelve months from the date of receiving the Decision on Administrative Punishment.
Netanyahu testified in court for the first time, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to testify in court for the first time in three corruption cases in which he is the defendant on the 10th local time. It is the first time in Israel that the current Prime Minister has been charged with a crime. The Associated Press reported that Netanyahu will attend the trial three days a week, and each trial will last for several hours. While attending the trial, Netanyahu has to take into account the war in Gaza, maintain a fragile ceasefire with Hezbollah and deal with threats from the wider Middle East. According to reports, the court expects to make a judgment on the above cases as early as 2026, and Netanyahu can appeal against the judgment. According to Israeli law, unless he pleads guilty, the Prime Minister does not have to resign due to judicial trial, and his post will not be affected during the appeal.On December 17th, the M&A Committee of Shanghai Stock Exchange deliberated the issue of purchasing assets by issuing shares of Guolian Securities, and the M&A Committee of Shanghai Stock Exchange is scheduled to hold the 6th review meeting of the M&A Committee in 2024 on December 17th, 2024 to consider the issue of Guolian Securities Co., Ltd. (issuing shares to purchase assets).Belarusian President Lukashenko: Belarus has dozens of nuclear warheads.